ByLund UniversityJuly 2, 2022 Researchers have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, which can then be turned into spandex, nylon, or ethanol. Many of us try to recycle our old textil… [+4900 chars]
Biodiversity was significantly reduced during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, as may be seen especially in the body fossils of animals with complete skeletons. Both skeletonized and soft-bodied… [+4614 chars]
On July 4, 2012, scientists at CERN confirmed the observation of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle first proposed in the 1960s. The bosons discovery was a momentous occasion, as it meant physic… [+12298 chars]
On July 4, 2012, scientists at CERN confirmed the observation of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle first proposed in the 1960s. The bosons discovery was a momentous occasion, as it meant physic… [+12298 chars]
As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These are some of the earliest galaxies to form in our universe that began t… [+3829 chars]
A stubborn solar array on the NASA Lucy mission might yield enough to allow the mission to continue its asteroid-hunting mandate with few issues, NASA reports. The agency said it has made "significa… [+3147 chars]
As a part of its Scientific Balloon Program, NASA launches 10 to 15 balloon missions each year. In an upcoming mission, NASA plans to use a balloon larger than a football field to send a telescope 13… [+3213 chars]
The neutron’s lifetime is a significant parameter in Standard Model because it is used as an input for calculating the quark mixing matrix, which describes quark decay rates. If the quarks don’t mix … [+5053 chars]
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world's first full-scale planetary defence test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving… [+4034 chars]
What does the VHE sky look like? These authors look for VHE gamma-rays from blazars collected by several catalogs, including 4FGL-DR3 from Fermi-LAT called (which can be seen in Figure 2), Roma-BZCa… [+3521 chars]
The neutron’s lifetime is a significant parameter in Standard Model because it is used as an input for calculating the quark mixing matrix, which describes quark decay rates. If the quarks don’t mix … [+5053 chars]
In the early hours of March 13, 1989, the public utility Hydro-Québec went out of service. The entire province of Québec lost power for nine hours, interrupting many aspects of public life for the en… [+7120 chars]
